BBC Wildlife Magazine

BBC Wildlife Magazine is a celebration of the natural world, featuring all the latest discoveries, news and views on wildlife, conservation and environmental issues. With strong broadcasting links, authoritative journalism and award-winning photography, BBC Wildlife Magazine is essential reading for anyone with a passion for wildlife who wants to understand, experience and enjoy nature more.

It’s not that easy being green

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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Contributors

Wild Lives

wild TIMES • The latest news, photography and seasonal wildlife highlights

Upcycled waste turns the tide on dolphin bycatch • New research asks whether attaching bottles to gillnets could prevent marine animals from becoming entangled

Pumas could make roads safer for drivers • Living alongside large carnivores can save lives, a new study suggests

Into the wild • Simon Reeve journeys to Earth’s extremes

LUNDY’S SEABIRDS SOARING

Eagles hatch mixed brood • Study reveals a fostering first for crowned eagles

The grind goes on • The Faroe Islands’ controversial whale hunts are set to continue, for now at least

wild OCTOBER • 7 nature encounters for the month ahead

MARK CARWARDINE • Conservationists are battling to save the pangolin – the mysterious, most traffcked mammal on the planet

WILD IN THE CITY • Wild boars are roaming the streets of Rome, enjoying easy food sources and disrupting traffc as they go

KATE BRADBURY • “When summer is too hot and dry, leaf fall is then thrown into disarray”

JUST KEEP SWIMMING • The gigantic ocean beauty that covers thousands of kilometres every year

TOP FIVE PLACES • Where to look for grey whales on migration

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL • The horrifying insect with an undeserved reputation

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LEAP IN THE DARK • Night in the rainforest, and small, strange creatures emerge to sing, feed and mate. Italian photographer Emanuele Biggi enters the wet, spectral world of Costa Rican frogs

OUT OF THE SHADOWS • The smallest wild cat in the Americas leads a hidden life, tucked away in remote corners of Chile and Argentina. But science is finally catching up with the elusive guiña

The new English garden • As the planet warms, should we be helping species from more exotic climes make a home in the UK?

END OF THE EARTH • Marooned in the Southern Ocean, Macquarie Island is an extraordinary wildlife refuge, where thousands of penguins, seals and seabirds crowd the narrow shores

FIRST STEP TO FREEDOM • With more than 600 elephants living in captivity across Europe, the dream of a large rehoming sanctuary is now reality at Pangea, Portugal, which has just welcomed its first resident

Q&A

Why have neurotoxins evolved in nature?

Are there any animals that don’t urinate or defecate?

Can any fish live in both salt water and fresh water?

What is temperature-dependent sex determination?

Is there a difference between a bird of prey and a raptor?

Are snails born with shells?

ALL YOU EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT THE Boomslang snake

Photo CLUB

SNAP-CHAT • Simone Baumeister on shy owls, smashed lenses and risky business

The crossword

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

Visit if you dare

See the wild world

“I froze, one leg raised like a flamingo” • Saiga antelope in Russia